Bij, Patan-Veraval
Bij is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Patan-Veraval Taluk in Gir Somnath district of Gujarat, which falls under Patan Veraval block. It belongs to Junagadh parliament constituency and Somnath assembly constituency. Nathabhai Jethabhai Vaja is the President of Bij Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address tpveraval@gmail.com and mobile number 97377xxx97. The Secretary is H N Bamniya, who can be reached at email address tdo_veraval@gujrat.gov.in and mobile number 99788xxx04. The Panchayat address is Gram Pachayat Office, Pincode - 362265. You can reach there by taking a bus till 1 bus stop which is less than a km away.
As on January 2025, the current population of Bij is 4.3 thousands out of which 2.2 thousands are males and rest 2.1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 939 females per 1000 males. There are around 507 teenagers in Bij. It has literacy rate of 58% which means around 2.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 302 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 769 households in Bij, which means every family has 6 members on average. The village has working population of 1.8 thousands. The pincode of Bij is 362268 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Prabhas Patan Sub Post office
- Inaj Branch Post office
- Govindpara Branch Post office
- Kajli Branch Post office
- Moradiya Branch Post office
Schools
Bij has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Saint Meri Pra Shala Pvt
- Late.D.M. Barad High School-Ajotha
- Shri Gnandeep Vidhamandir -Hi Schl
- Prabhas Patan Kanya Shala
- Krupalu Vinay Mandir Prasli
Banks
Bij has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- Bank of Baroda Somnath, Veraval
- Central Bank of India Prabhas Patan (Somnath)
- The Gujarat State Cooperative Bank The Junagadh Jilla Sahakari Bank LTD Pranchi
- State Bank of India Prachi (Ghantia)
- State Bank of India Prabhas Patan
Covered villages
Bij Gram Panchayat manages total 1 villages.
- Bij